clogging in the bathroom?

Question

my bathroom gets clooged everyday,inspite of using drainx pwd.i have to use pump to open it.plumbers are of no help.

Answer 1

Hi
You need to go outside and find the inspection chamber for your bathroom. Open it up then turn the water on in your bathroom.

Check the inspection chamber to see if the water is getting past that point. If it isn't you now know the blockage is in between your bathroom and inspection chamber. First try getting a garden hose up there to clear the blockage. If that doesn't work hire an plumber snake.

If the blockage is past the inspection chamber you will need to use a plumber snake. They are not hard to use but they are very loud and can make a bit of a mess.

Answer 2

It would be helpful to know what in the bathroom is getting clogged every day.

My wife and I use to have a bad problem with our bath tub, where we take showers, because hair and other gunk was going down the drain and clogging it up. I found a wire screen thing for drains at Ace Hardware that just sits down in the drain and catches a lot of the hair and other stuff, and then we clean the screen out on a daily basis.

Every once in a while I have to take the screen out and put Liquid Plumber down the drain and let it sit for about 5 hours, then I fill the tub with about 4 inches of straight hot water and then use a plunger to open the drain again. When all the stuff comes up and the drain is open again, I put the screen back in to catch all the stuff so that it doesn't re-clog the drain.

If you have a shower, they have a different type that's made out of either plastic or rubber (I can't remember which).

You can use the same screen and technique as indicated above for a tub for your sink.

If you're having a problem with your toilet, it might be because of some medication you are on and you just need to take something for stool softening. If that's the case you can check with your Pharmacist or Doctor.

Answer 3

This is dead easy, if it is the sink get a plumber's wrench (lefty loosey, righty tighty) and undo the drain nut at the bottom of the trap -- don't forget to put a bucket under it. Take out the toy or what ever someone has thrown down there. If it's the bathtub, get another plumber and ask him when you call you want to install a new drain pipe. It takes them about twenty minutes through the overflow opening at the top of the tub but you need special plumbers tools. Ask him for the old pipe, take out the toy or whatever someone has thrown down there and give them a stern talking to. No worries at all.

Answer 4

You will need to rent a plumbers snake to get the clog out. Use the snake in each of the units until you find the source of the clog. Once you have found it, it may take a while but the snake should do the trick.
Good luck!

Answer 5

Better let a plumber inspect the situation.There may be some problem which you may not be able to figure out.
For temporary relief try passing very hot water through the vent in the bathroom.

Answer 6

How many trees do you have on your property? My mom had the same problem. Come to find out the roots from the trees grew into the pipes of her plumbing. The first thing that started acting up was her toilet "plugging" up. Then water started coming up from her shower. Something to look into.

Answer 7

Stop throwing solid waste in the closet and the bathroom

Answer 8

try plumbers acid buy it form the hardware store, pour the gallon into the toilet walk away for 30-60 min. the smell can make you sick it will break up anything that is in there that is natural.or paper waste

Answer 9

hi,

don't scratch here & there, it appears a hairy problem in the roots !

pls don't throw "hair" & expect to flush them out.! so trap the hair before it reaches the "flush"!
rest other matter can be taken care by conventional flush..

many-ques!!!

Answer 10

If it's a sink, rod it.

if it's the toilet, pull it up to see if anything is stuck inside.